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It was Rags; he had his costume, sweets on his mind, and his friends. He was going to enjoy himself.\n\n The event went over pretty well for the three children. Aria was allowed to go out without the gloves he hated. Parents gushed over how cute Cress looked in her little vampire costume. And very soon they had a pretty sizable haul of candy.\n\n “Hey if you guys are happy with the candy you have, maybe we could spend the rest of the night at the Unsinkable?” Cress said, and the two boys nodded their agreement. \n\n The Unsinkable was the three children’s main spot. It was a mostly intact sizable beached ship on the trash filled shore of Choir. They would always race towards it when they got near, since the first one of them to get on top of it got to be the Captain. When they were younger, Cress would always be Captain. She was a bat-like Ecca, and while young Ecca aren’t capable of true flight the way a moth is. She used to be able to clean leap to the top of the ship, with a flap of her wings. Eccas lose the ability to fly as they grow, their wings start to be more in proportion with their bodies. In a few years, she’d be just as grounded as the rest of them.\n\n Luca was usually the Captain now. Ever since Aria put on the gloves, he couldn’t climb at all, and would often have to be helped up. But Aria wasn’t wearing the gloves tonight…\n\n Luca thought it was incredible to see. Aria’s talons dug into the side of the Unsinkable’s hull, giving him a grip to use the strength Luca didn’t think Aria even possessed. He was on top in seconds flat. Their new Captain! Luca was in awe, and he couldn’t help but blush.\n\n “Wow Aria, you should take off your gloves more often,” Cress said as she reached the top of the boat, flapping her wings frantically. Luca climbed up after, in his wonderment he had ended up in last place.\n\n “It does feel a lot better without them,” Aria tries to say humbly, hiding how fiercely proud he is at this moment. The three sat down to eat their candy. Luca eyed Aria up and down, He never considered Aria as physically strong, he had always been smaller than Luca his entire life. But he was catching up in height, in fact in the coming years he’d most certainly get taller than Luca. Grown up Feathra are a lot taller than Grown up Verlings, after all.\n\n “Maybe growing up isn’t so bad,” Luca mutters to himself, apparently too loudly since his friends give him looks. \n\n “What makes you think it’s bad to begin with? Cress asks him.\n\n Luca is embarrassed being overheard, but tries to answer with grace, “Well, I just notice that your bodies are changing so much, it must be hard to deal with.”\n\n The two look at Luca again, “I don't really notice, my body just feels the way it does,” Cress responds.\n\n “I guess, I hate wearing gloves,” Aria adds on.\n\n “I think I’m worried about what might happen to my body, I mean I don’t know, nothing has happened yet. What if I become a monster?” Luca says getting the anxiety off his chest.\n “Luca, I don’t think Verlings like you go through big changes, besides starting to like girls in that special way!” Cress says trying to comfort him.\n\n “As if,” Luca mutters, and Cress looks slightly perturbed. \n\n He was lying about nothing happening to him yet. While no physical changes were occurring, he did notice some odd mental ones. Whispers nipping at the edge of his consciousness. 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I’m so stupid, I should have never taken off my gloves!”\n\n “I don’t want you to blame yourself for this...” Luca says to Aria, solemnly. \n \n “Can you at least show us the arm?” Aria responds.\n \n Luca nods, taking a deep breath before moving his arm out so his friends can see it. The three of them sit in stunned silence for a while. Luca was fine, better than fine. It was like his arm was never touched at all. No wounds, no blood on his arm itself. But plenty still staining his clothes and Aria’s talons. Luca didn’t understand, he still felt a phantom pain where he was wounded.\n\n Cress was the first to speak, “We definitely have to tell someone about this right?” Luca gives her a horrified look.\n\n “We can’t tell anyone about this...” Luca responds, deathly serious.\n\n “What’s wrong, do you know what this is, Luca?” Aria asked.\n\n “I don’t know, I just-” Luca gulped down anxiety. “I just don’t want to be a monster...”\n",
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“Do I have to wear the gloves, come on. This is the one time a year I get to be a monster!” Aria said to his mother. Aria was a bird-like Feathra. While most Feathra had large feathery hands, Aria was a unique sub species with taloned hands instead. When they were younger, those talons were soft, but part of growing up for someone like Aria was that those talons became hard and sharp. Necessitating the use of those gloves.
Luca squirmed in his seat. He didn’t really understand why thinking about that put him so on edge. They were all growing up, and bodily changes wouldn’t be the only changes. This was probably the last Day of Rags it was acceptable for them to participate in…
He decided to stop thinking about that right now. It was Rags; he had his costume, sweets on his mind, and his friends. He was going to enjoy himself.
The event went over pretty well for the three children. Aria was allowed to go out without the gloves he hated. Parents gushed over how cute Cress looked in her little vampire costume. And very soon they had a pretty sizable haul of candy.
“Hey if you guys are happy with the candy you have, maybe we could spend the rest of the night at the Unsinkable?” Cress said, and the two boys nodded their agreement.
The Unsinkable was the three children’s main spot. It was a mostly intact sizable beached ship on the trash filled shore of Choir. They would always race towards it when they got near, since the first one of them to get on top of it got to be the Captain. When they were younger, Cress would always be Captain. She was a bat-like Ecca, and while young Ecca aren’t capable of true flight the way a moth is. She used to be able to clean leap to the top of the ship, with a flap of her wings. Eccas lose the ability to fly as they grow, their wings start to be more in proportion with their bodies. In a few years, she’d be just as grounded as the rest of them.
Luca was usually the Captain now. Ever since Aria put on the gloves, he couldn’t climb at all, and would often have to be helped up. But Aria wasn’t wearing the gloves tonight…
Luca thought it was incredible to see. Aria’s talons dug into the side of the Unsinkable’s hull, giving him a grip to use the strength Luca didn’t think Aria even possessed. He was on top in seconds flat. Their new Captain! Luca was in awe, and he couldn’t help but blush.
“Wow Aria, you should take off your gloves more often,” Cress said as she reached the top of the boat, flapping her wings frantically. Luca climbed up after, in his wonderment he had ended up in last place.
“It does feel a lot better without them,” Aria tries to say humbly, hiding how fiercely proud he is at this moment. The three sat down to eat their candy. Luca eyed Aria up and down, He never considered Aria as physically strong, he had always been smaller than Luca his entire life. But he was catching up in height, in fact in the coming years he’d most certainly get taller than Luca. Grown up Feathra are a lot taller than Grown up Verlings, after all.
“Maybe growing up isn’t so bad,” Luca mutters to himself, apparently too loudly since his friends give him looks.
“What makes you think it’s bad to begin with? Cress asks him.
Luca is embarrassed being overheard, but tries to answer with grace, “Well, I just notice that your bodies are changing so much, it must be hard to deal with.”
The two look at Luca again, “I don't really notice, my body just feels the way it does,” Cress responds.
“I guess, I hate wearing gloves,” Aria adds on.
“I think I’m worried about what might happen to my body, I mean I don’t know, nothing has happened yet. What if I become a monster?” Luca says getting the anxiety off his chest.
“Luca, I don’t think Verlings like you go through big changes, besides starting to like girls in that special way!” Cress says trying to comfort him.
“As if,” Luca mutters, and Cress looks slightly perturbed.
He was lying about nothing happening to him yet. While no physical changes were occurring, he did notice some odd mental ones. Whispers nipping at the edge of his consciousness. But he was far from ready to talk about that.
“I think I’m gonna go home, I’m not feeling too good,” Luca said. His friends looked at him slightly disappointed, and a little concerned.
“Too much candy, probably,” Cress joked.
“I hope you feel better, Luca,” Aria said before going in for a hug.
“This isn’t normal,” Luca thought to himself. They didn’t usually hug. Aria’s feathers were soft, and his embrace made Luca feel warm and flush. It was a new feeling, and he didn’t like it. Or at least, what it meant. He pushed Aria off, “I- I need to go!” he scampers backwards instinctively. Unfortunately, there isn’t any boat behind him, and he falls from the top of The Unsinkable.
Aria lunges forwards and grabs onto one of Luca’s arms. What might have started off looking like a loving gesture of camaraderie, quickly turned gruesome due to Aria’s sharp talons. As Aria gets a grip, his talons dig into Luca’s skin, then pass the skin. Leaving bloody wounds as they finally find purchase in the flesh of Luca’s forearm.
Aria’s face turns to that of pure horror as he sees what he’s done, but he doesn’t let go. Luca uses his other arm to pull himself back onto the ship, gasping from the pain.
Aria releases his grasp and frantically inspects Luca’s wound, “I'm so sorry Luca, I didn’t mean to-” Luca shoves Aria away and hides the wounded arm behind his back.
Luca talks rapidly, trying to comfort his friend, “It’s fine, it was nothing really, I didn’t even feel it!” All of that was a lie. He was in shock, and holding back tears of pain.
“Luca that looked really bad, we should have a look at it, maybe get some help,” Cress says, very concerned.
“No need to do that, I’m fine, and it’s nobody's fault!” Luca continued on his rant.
Luca looked over to find Aria in tears, “Luca, there’s blood on my talons. I’m so stupid, I should have never taken off my gloves!”
“I don’t want you to blame yourself for this...” Luca says to Aria, solemnly.
“Can you at least show us the arm?” Aria responds.
Luca nods, taking a deep breath before moving his arm out so his friends can see it. The three of them sit in stunned silence for a while. Luca was fine, better than fine. It was like his arm was never touched at all. No wounds, no blood on his arm itself. But plenty still staining his clothes and Aria’s talons. Luca didn’t understand, he still felt a phantom pain where he was wounded.
Cress was the first to speak, “We definitely have to tell someone about this right?” Luca gives her a horrified look.
“We can’t tell anyone about this...” Luca responds, deathly serious.
“What’s wrong, do you know what this is, Luca?” Aria asked.
“I don’t know, I just-” Luca gulped down anxiety. “I just don’t want to be a monster...”
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